• The Government of India recently inked 500 million USD loan pact with World Bank to develop Green National Highway Corridors in the country.
• These corridors are to be developed in Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
• The project will support the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to construct 783 kilo metres of highways.
• The roads built under the project will combine safe and green technology designs. It will use industrial by products, marginal and local materials and other bioengineering solutions.

Green National Highway Corridor Project :

• The project will provide efficient transportation for road users.
• It will connect people with markets and services.
• The project will promote efficient use of water and construction materials to reduce depletion of natural resources. This will help in reducing Green House Gases.
• It will strengthen and widen structures by constructing new pavements, bypasses, drainage facilities and improved junctions.
• The project will introduce road safety measures.
• The project will undertake construction of 5,000 kilo metre national highway network to make sure the infrastructure investments are climate resilient.
• The project will also support analytics to map freight volume and movement pattern on the highway network. This will help to identify constraints and provide innovative logistics solutions.